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Re: [NTO] Removing XP Pro

It makes perfect sense if you re as sleep deprived as I have been the last few days. ;-) Some of the terminology Ed has used also made it appear that he is

Message 1 of 37
, Jan 5, 2006

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It makes perfect sense if you're as sleep deprived as I have been the
last few days. ;-)

Some of the terminology Ed has used also made it appear that he is
trying to do a dual boot scenario.

If he wants to replace Windows with Linux, it is a three-step process:

1.) Make sure all the data you want to keep is backed up.
2.) Make sure your PC's BIOS is set to boot from the CD-ROM
3.) Insert the Linux installation CD of the Linux Distribution of your
choice and follow the install prompts.
Depending on the Distribution of Linux, and how much is
installed, it could take a few minutes to a couple of hours.
All of the Linux flavors I am aware of have a utility included
with the installation routine to format and partition your hard-drive as
desired.

On the dual-boot front, I have seen a lot of articles on many Linux
sites that recommend using two hard drives as easier.
I think it is one of those personal preference things like many other
choices in the world of computers. As I said, I have never tried it, but
I find installing two Operating Systems on the same hard drive
relatively simple. It is just horribly time-consuming. For Windows XP
you have to install a ton of Service Packs, anti-virus, anti-spyware, ad
infinitum ad nauseum.... With Linux it has updates to be installed, but
it is not as easily cracked as a fresh install of Windows before all the
Service Packs and supplemental software. Linux comes with all the
necessary tools, firewall, and usually a full office suite, like Open
Office.

sisterscape wrote:

>How did this morph from 'Removing XP Pro' to dual booting? BTW, I've
>heard it's better to have both OS on the same HD rather than on two
>different ones. That advice comes from the local Linux list that I'm
>on - hardcore Linux geeks.
>

Julie

Hi Ed, In Filezilla, try using upload.Comcast.net as the Host, then your user name and password. Worked for me :-). Julie

Message 37 of 37
, Jan 7, 2006

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Hi Ed,

In Filezilla, try using
upload.Comcast.net as the Host, then your user name and password.
Worked for me :-).

Julie

At 1/7/2006 05:37 PM, Ed wrote:

>I had Filezilla on my other computer never could get it to work.
>WS-FTP is so easy and quick. Filezilla wants the FTP instead of http
>in the url that I am up loading to and I have tried everything
>without any success at all. Perhaps you can give me a clue. This is
>the address that I use in WS-FTP to upload to from my computer:
>http://home.comcast.net/~ebrown1927/ as this is where I want to
>upload my files and I have given ZoneAlarm permission to let
>Filezilla out to the web. Filezilla does not seem to accept this
>nor ftp://home.comcast.net/~ebrown1927 nor
>sftp://home.comcast.net/~ebrown1927/ nor anything else I try. Any
>ideas of what I am doing wrong.

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